I took delivery of my car last May and have put about 5,300 miles on it so far. It has most of the options, including full leather, AMG wheels, wood/leather steering wheel, and LED headlights (which are amazing). The car was in dealer inventory and they were motivated to move it, and I ultimately chose it over the 535i M Sport. It's my second M-B, my first being a 2005 C230 6-Speed manual that I had for 7.5 years.

Overall, I'm happy with the car, but think the transmission could shift smoother. At first, I was only driving in S mode, but some of the shifts were jerky and abrupt, particularly when really getting on the throttle. I then found E mode to provide smoother shifting in more routine driving, but with less responsiveness. After having broken the car in, I think the shifts are generally smoother in S mode now, but overall I think it could be smoother (both low-end upshifts and downshifts) and have more response in E mode. On the test drives, I found the E350 transmission to be smoother than the GS350 F Sport (a really disappointing transmission) and Q70, but not as smooth as the 535i.

I did a 36 month lease, so I'm not married to the car long-term, but thought I'd throw my opinion out there and see if others have similar thoughts/experiences. I have heard that I can see about having the transmission software updated when I go in for Service A. I've attached a few pics of the car.

 

Congrats on the beautiful car!!

 

Awesome car. Congratulations on the purchase. My 2014 car had similar problems. Last month during routine servicing I mentioned to the adviser the issue and asked specifically about a software reset. He came back after a while intrigued and said that there is a TSB. He asked how did I know about it (who told you)? Ha...
Anyway after the software update (had to leave car for a day) the transmission is far smoother. My only regret is not reporting it sooner so that I could have enjoyed it longer.

 

Congrats, that's definitely a sharp looking car
It's surprising considering number of production of these cars and still receiving complaints about not having the smoothest tranny shifts in comparison with other cars

 

Do you recall what the TSB # is?

 

nice car. Does it also have the leather seat with ventilation upgrade?

 

No ventilation. I think that's only on the E400's.

 

Thanks for the info regarding the TSB. I will look into it.

 

My '14 got leather and ventilated seats 😉

 

My 2014 E350 has Designo leather seats with ventilation.

 

Hi - were you able to find the TSB number?